The best Android cloud phones for AI agents.
Two kinds exist: virtual instances on shared servers, and real physical devices in a datacenter. What you need depends on whether your apps check real-device trust. Six providers, honestly compared. (Disclosure: mobilerun is ours.)
Cloud-hosted Android and iOS, stateful and persistent, with physical iPhones as an add-on and device location configurable for any region
Best for: Agents and developers that need API, SDKs, hosted MCP, an open-source framework, persistent state, Connect networking and eSIM support
Pricing (September 2026): Free plan · paid from $20/mo · $0.03/min extra · dedicated Android from $64/mo
That's us, judge accordingly, the benchmark is reproducible from our public eval harness.
Android cloud phones (real smartphone hardware, per vendor) + browser-profile suite
Positioning: Browser profiles, proxies and phone minutes in one subscription
Limitation: No iOS; built around its own management app rather than an agent API
Pricing (July 2026): from ~$7/mo · ~$0.011/min phone time
Virtual Android with generated device profiles (cloud ARM)
Positioning: Virtual Android for mobile workflows, RPA templates, built-in content AI
Limitation: Generated device profiles; Android-only; no published agent benchmark
Pricing (July 2026): $29.90/device/mo unlimited · $0.007/min
Virtual Android cloud phones
Positioning: Virtual Android for multi-language social teams (TikTok, Zalo and similar)
Limitation: Android-only; API rate-limited to 1 request/second, no official SDKs (July 2026)
Pricing (July 2026): subscription per phone (see vendor)
Real iOS & Android devices, developer-focused
Positioning: Agentic QA and Playwright-style mobile testing via mobile-mcp
Limitation: Testing-focused; source-available (FSL) rather than open-source license
Pricing (July 2026): pay-per-minute cloud, free to try
CLI + cloud for real iOS & Android devices
Positioning: Mobile verification for coding-agent QA pipelines
Limitation: QA-verification focus rather than production automation
Pricing (July 2026): cloud plans (see vendor)
Vendor facts from each provider's own site, July 2026. mobilerun pricing as of September 2026. Pricing changes, verify before you buy.
Choosing a cloud phone, common questions.
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